The Phoenix of Arizona's Rising Solar Energy Industry

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Some experts claim that there is enough solar energy in Arizona and other southwestern states to power the entire United States. All we need to do to farm this goldmine of green energy is to build utility-grade consentrated solar power (CSP) plants to soak up the sunshine, and then use high-density transmission lines to export it to other states that need more electricity.

In addition to building utility solar power plants, there are millions of large commercial and residential roof tops available that could be used to collect solar power right now. Known as distributed generation, smaller solar power plants can use net metering system to reduce electricity bills by allowing customers to generate their own electricity and sell any left over juice back to the local utility company to help them manage their peak load demand.




Next to every big commercial structure with a large roof there is also a large parking lot with even more room to deploy solar panels. Parking lot solar plants provide a dual benefit of producing clean energy as well as providing highly sought after shade from the sun's strong rays during Arizona's scorching summers.

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Science & Technology

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• solar
• power
• energy
• photovoltaics
• csp
• sunshine